Obituary: The agricultural economist and civil servant Professor John Raeburn, who has died aged 93, was responsible for organising one of the great wartime Home Front success stories, the Dig for Victory campaign.

Obituary: Ernest Polack, who has died aged 75, influenced the lives of many people, providing inspiration to students in Britain and Africa, support to victims of apartheid and leprosy sufferers in Africa, and considered views on prison reform at home.

Obituary: Andy McMahon, who has died at the age of 85, was a trade unionist in the communist tradition of the Clydeside shipyards. He served four years as Labour MP for Glasgow Govan, but lost out to boundary changes in 1983.